On 9/29/05, barb wrote: > On 9/29/05, MK wrote: >> I am trying to catch a loose parakeet. It comes by my house >> because we feed wild birds and have a bird house. It's >> trying to take residence in one of the compartments, even >> though sparrows are trying to kick it out. The problem is >> that I live up north and while it's trying to keep warm at >> night in our bird house, it won't have much luck once it >> gets colder. I have two parakeets of my own that I bring >> out in hopes to lure it into an extra cage I have with food >> in it. Any other suggestions?> ******************************> I know this sounds funny but maybe play a tape of your > parakeets and or put a dummy parakeet in the cage you can get > them from the petstores and prop the cage door open. Or if > you can get someone to put a ladder next to the birdhouse and > when you see him go in cover the hole and bring the cage down > and either take inside and wait til he comes out or put the > opening up next to the cage opening with no space between the > cage and bird house. Its worth a try!!> > ********<<<